Pump-meter.



L. KESSLER.

PUMP METER.

APPLICANON man www.. 19m.

v 1,148,095. Patented July 2T, 1915.

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l PUMP METER. APFLICAIION FILED SEPI-24.1914.

1,148,095. Patented my 27, mw.

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Application filed September bine wih a rotary pump n meter ns ro cous-e lie latter to be turned, `for regiQei-inm in one and lie same direcrion. in whichever (lirectiori the pump is being' turned. n'liell er for withdrawing liquid from n supply clic-reoi or introducing it inlo :i holder.

here more especially' devised my im prominent for use with pumps on tanks holding gnsolene, and therefore scribe it hereinafter in lm particular couneetion. and also illustrate it therein in lie accompanying drawings. tlioligli noi intend ing to limi il; to time use.

ln lie drawings, Figure l is s broken View in elevation showing ille tonnel-tion of n. gnsolene ienk provided wilx :i pump equipped with my improvemeng: is :a face view of the pump and meier; Fig. 3 is :1n enlarged `View showing the meter mecha# nism in rear elevniion; Fig. 4- is e section on line fi, Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is n. section through lie pump on line 5 5e Fig. 6. und G is a section on the irregular line 6*(5, Fig.

@n the iop of a, gasolene-iank Y, neer one end, is shown o capped llin v1'ulne l) and neer the opposie end :i hollow posi: 8 containing a tube 9 dipping into lie tank and having coupled with it s neck i0. in the upper end of which is seated e cheek valve 1l. A eem-like head l2, in inner end of s stem reeiprooabl'y suppored in asini? ing box 13 on a side oiI the neck. in position to engage the lower end of the velveszem for raising and holding in from i'gs seais, 'for the purpose hereinafter' eplsined.

The pump comprises a. chamber iii-the form oi 'two contiguous circles oooh aiming journeled and cting in it e roteieble pumping member Comprising s toot-lied Wheel le., 'the i'eeah of the two Wheels intermesliing through islie opening between elle @we circular oliember-seotionsto cause elle of one, as by e. crank-handle 15 on ehe 'projecjH ing end of its shaft 16, to turn the other and.

. by turning the handle in one direozion, pump gasolene out of the tenir, and by turning the handle m the opposite direction pump esoL feo o my 23'?, i935..

iene irio elle rank. mired pipe 17 cen- `reilly en lie 'Cop oi die pump-easing has a nose 'i8 elis'ielied o ils distal end and may serre as suoion or discharge pipe7 depending on the direct-ion of operating the pump.

The pump-eonstrucion thus described presens no novelfy.

@n lie fronlieiid of lle pump-chamber is supported. b v rods extending forwardly lirei'rorri and one of which is shown at. 19 L casing: Q0 open :it its-front side.

v large und clreuln r oward one end snoring; toward lie opposite end. rlhe 'lE extends through :1 sleeve 16 pr0 ).eeidg from and formed inegrel with the ini-wurd puniprlmmlier heed :md posses transversely ilirough the narrower section of lie cnsing'jhe open side of which is closed by fneeplue 20g fitting nn'd secured :igains it, and beyond which the shaft carries handle l5. @n die seeiion of this 'oeseljv surrounding 'lie head ond fm arm-lise pnwi 2i egxends rigidiy from the Aperiphery o: lie strap arid has pivozilly hung upon it, meer is outer end, a Weighi- QZ. fin lie le. ger secion of the casing :ZOis eoncentriesxlly journuled e. reehet-Wlieel 24, against *which lie pewl seis. @n the forwerd end of lie reicher-shaft is mounted, to rotaie w'fili it. :i dial 25 covering the expandseeion of *the casing 20 and against lie .ieee of T.fiiioli 1oevers :i spring-brake 26 secured on the eurer end of lle shaft. The dial-face is marked ofi wih indications 27 suitably spaced about die diil so denote gallons o ehe numiier of live. being numbered from l "no 5, Wii-li insel-mediate indications denoing iiraec-ions of gallons. A stationary index-.finger 28 extends from the top of the easing QG over the edge of the dial.

l'y turning elle handle 15. say in'cloclwise ireeiori, euch rotation of i'ne eccentric head l reeiprocoes the pawl, Woereby in the ad- "once nuwerrien of lscer it urns the atenei. lie extent of one soo'th and with it the diei. ond is then retrecied to engage the next rsolie-eooili, che paWi Vbeing held yieldingly against the periphery of the razclief 'by the WeiglrI Obviously, by rui-:ning the handle in lie contrary direcltion *die rselie; end dial hereon are stili royreen by :i circuler fece-plate 23.

tated in the same direction as by turning the handle in the clockwise direction.

In the construction shown, the wheel 24e has forty-live teeth, and the arrangement of the parts is such as to require the eccentric head 21 to make nine complete revolutions, thereby actuating the ratchet nine times to cause the pump to pump one gallon of gasolent into or out of the tank and to turn the dial the distance from one indication 27 to the next; so that a person observing the dial while the pump is being operated may readily read thereon, with the aid of the index-finger, the number of gallons and :tractions of a gallon being pumped. 0f course, this particular arrangement for actuatingr the dial may be varied to suit different purposes. For pumping the liquid into the tank, from any suitable source, the handle l5 is turned in the counter-clockwise direction, but preparatory to so turning it the camliead 12 must be moved inwardly to raise and hold the valve 1l off its seat while the pump is being thus operated.

I realize that considerable variation is possible in the details of construction of my improved meter-device thus specifically shown and described, and I do not intend by illustrating' a single specific or preferred embodiment of my invention to be limited to such details; my intention being: in the following claims to claim protection upon all the novelty there may be in my invention as broadly as the state of the art will permit.

that I claim as new and. desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1. In combination with a rotary pump having a pumping member rotatable in relatively opposite directions, a meter comprising a dial supported to turn axially, and means connecting said member and dial and operating to turn then dial only in one and ln combination with a rotary pump having a pumping member rotatable in relatively opposite directions.y a meter comprisinay a dial supper-ted to turn axially. and pawl and ratchet mechanism connecting said member and dial and operating to turn the dial only in one and the same direction by turning said member in either direction.

3. ln combination with a rotary pump having a pumping.r member rotatable in relatively pposite directions. a meter comprising a 4rotatably supported ratchet, a dial secured on Vthe ratchet-shaft. an eccentric on the shaft ot' said member, and a pawl eX- temline from the eccentric into engagement with the ratchet-teeth.

4. ln combination with a rotary pump having a pumping menxiber rotatable-in relatively opposite directi ,'ons,y a meter comprising a casing on the pump, a ratchet journaled in the casing, a dial secured on the ratchet-shaft, an eccentric in t-he casing,r on the shaft of saidmember, and a weifrhted pawl extendinglr from the eccentric into engagement with "the ratchet-teeth. f

ln combination with a rotary pump having,r a pumliing member rotatable in relatively opposite directions, a meter comprisingr a casing on the pump, a ratchet-journalcd in the casing, a dial secured on the ratchet-shaft, an index-linger extending,r over the dial-tace, an eccentric head on the shaft ot' said member in the casing, a strap loosely confined about said head, and a weighted pawl extending from said strap into engagement with the ratchet-teeth.

LOUIS KESSLER. ln presence of- A. C. Fsonnn, 0. C. Avisos. 

